Associate Professor (GFT), Neonatology

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University; New York (NY); On-site; USD 230,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University seeks a full-time Associate Professor (GFT) in Neonatology. The successful candidate will provide education, supervise clinical care in the NICU, and lead fellowship activities.

Responsibilities include teaching medical students, residents, and fellows; managing neonates, especially high-risk cases; and contributing to scholarly activities and program development within the Department of Pediatrics.

Qualifications

• New York State Medical Licensure required.
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency.
• Board Certified in Pediatrics.
• Completion or ongoing fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; board certification or eligibility for NPM.
• Possesses or eligible for DEA Certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide education, clinical supervision and formal teaching to medical students, residents and fellows in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.
• Deliver clinical care and manage neonatal and infant patients, emphasizing high-risk neonates.
• Serve as attending of record in the UHD NICU, diagnose and treat NICU patients and support families.
• Participate in the administration and activities of the ACGME-accredited fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
• Lead rounds, document medical records, and coordinate care with NICU team and families.
• Supervise residents and participate in interviews/recruitment and evaluations.
• Engage in scholarly activities and potential research or grants.

Skills

Teaching experience

Clinical supervision

Education

Board Certified in Pediatrics

ACGME-accredited fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

New York State Medical Licensure

DEA Certification

Job description

Job Description

The Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Associate Professor (GFT), Neonatology. The successful candidate will:

• Provide education, clinical supervision, and formal teaching to medical students, PA/Nursing students, residents, and fellows within Pediatrics and Neonatal Perinatal Medicine.
• Provide clinical care and evaluate, assess and manage and neonatal and infant patients at University Hospital at Downstate with emphasis on specialty. care of newborn infants, particularly those born prematurely or with serious or complex medical conditions.
• Work directly as attending of record in the UHD Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to diagnose, treat, and monitor the health or NICU patients, while providing support and education to families during a critical time. Respond to calls to Labor and Delivery and elsewhere as needed for high-risk deliveries or fetuses in distress. Respond to calls for consults in term newborn nursery.
• Assist in the administration and activities of the ACGME accredited fellowship training program in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
• Perform patient assessment and treatment, monitor vital signs, managing complex medical situations, family communication, collaboration with healthcare team (NICU nurses, respiratory therapists, and other specialists) to develop and carry out a comprehensive care plan for each infant; perform procedures
• Attend high-risk deliveries requiring expertise in delivery room resuscitation and stabilization anticipated events.
• Actively participate in daily patient rounds, medical records documentation of patient status, admission H and P, daily progress notes, procedure notes, medication reconciliation. and discharge summaries.
• Perform NICU attending on clinical service with rotations in the NICU, on-site night and, week-end day or night calls in rotation with the other NICU attendings, possible, high risk follow-up/developmental clinics, and conducting neonatal critical care transports.
• Serve as supervising physician in the residency training program teaching and supervising residents and participating in the interviews/recruitment, mentoring and evaluation of residents.
• Participate in any of a range of scholarly activities such as clinical research with potential for reviewed publications and or extramural grant support necessary for eligibility for academic advancement.
• Participate in the teaching and supervision of medical students, health related professions students and staff. Engagement in administrative and committee work as institutional service is also expected and necessary for academic advancement.
• Participate in the Clinical Practice Management Plan of the Department Pediatrics as a billing provider or contracted service provider.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• New York State Medical Licensure.
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency.
• Board Certified in Pediatrics.
• Successfully completed or be completing an ACGME accredited fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (NPM) and be Board Certified or eligible for NPM.
• Possesses or be eligible for DEA Certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Evidence of academic experience, including teaching and/or research/scholarship, is strongly preferred.